Notwithstanding Sections 1317 and 1317.2, Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Childrenâs Hospital at Stanford shall be treated as a single licensed facility for purposes of providing emergency services and care to patients with conditions related to active labor presenting to the emergency department at Stanford Hospital and Clinics if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The two hospitals have entered into an agreement in which Lucile Packard Childrenâs Hospital at Stanford accepts and provides emergency services and care to all patients who are in active labor presenting to the emergency department at Stanford Hospital and Clinics, without regard to insurance status, financial status, or other nonclinical factors. (b) A physician and surgeon, qualified emergency department registered nurse, or other appropriately licensed personnel under the supervision of a physician and surgeon determines, prior to the transfer, that the patient has signs or symptoms, or both, suggestive of active labor, the patient can be safely transferred from the emergency department at Stanford Hospital and Clinics to the labor and delivery department of Lucile Packard Childrenâs Hospital at Stanford, and the patient does not have a condition, illness, or injury more appropriately treated in the emergency department. (c) The patient has the right to refuse the transfer. (d) Each hospital has a prepared plan to promptly transport the patient with an employee escort who has specialized training in transporting women in labor.
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